New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
narrowly escaped being burned alive The mill was
saved from destruction.
4 TEMPERANCE APPEAL TO GERM4NS.
THE ANTI-sALOON COMMITTEE INVITES / FAIR TX
AMIN ArInN OLE TILE Drink nI,EsIInE.

THE ANTI-SALOON COMMITTEE INVITES rAfa IN
ANIMATION OF THE DRINK QUEsII"H.
An important temperance document has Jnet reer Is
suedby the National Ant-Sa Republican CouDittoe.
IL Is an address 10 German Americans, urging theM 10
make fair examination OF the liquor question and has
attracted much attention in the places where 1t mas been
circulated owing the novelty Of Of the arguments
advanced it, but especially TO the fact that is adj
dressed to class OF citizens whose assistance IN tenn
perance work would be desirable, but TO whom the
foes of the rum-shOp seldom think of appealing.
This is due to prevalent belief that the Germans are
before and above everything else persistent patrons and
defenders of the saloon, and that being blinded by pre-
judice, passion and long established habit. they Will
soonerleave the party whose principles they love and
approve than attempt to suppress the evils OF the rum
shop. That this belief is we'll founded Chairman
Griffin, of the committee who is the author of tho paper
devOtes space to prove, concluding his remarks
with this statement:
have long had abiding faith that the better class of
hs co VII some day Fat The saloon - m @
socates that ss soon as they can be Induced to
frankly that they have been wrong; sl others
while not entirely abandoning their Old theory viii let ..
principles than they do for the sooa Already the leayen
effort being made 10 reach em all the German Protestant
substantial unanimty adopted indorsing that
and All Hem votod for
Prohbltory amenimen Although my9lf a snppres,iopist
MY plea is for Investigation to be followed by ne Kind OF
conduct legislation which, cach lndlVduaTS
judgment will give TO American homes and their occupants
the surest protection against American saloons
With much force and skill Mr.. Griffin marshals his ar
guments against drinking IN general and that OF beer In
particular which ne boldly declares to be far dan
Serous than whiskey because lie claims IL Is much
difficult to induce beerdrinkers to reform, and be-
sides. made. ho three glasses OF beer con-
tain more alcohol than glass OF whiskey. On this
point he quotes from the testimony OF physicians that
the effect OF beerdrinkng upon the general health OF
the country has been than that or whtskey HE
document with It's elaborate and carefully compiled
tables statistics, facts, figures ETC., most or which are
decidedly interesting, is too long TO give entire. some
Idea OF It's scope and character however may inferred
from this the opening arguments In which Mr..
Griffin urges those whom he addresses other lit
the subject than that gathered by those IN or
interested In the beer business. He says:
OD'y little than half century ago
asO everybody drank ana dramseng tsef was not con
soTed equitable tut today nearly all native Americans,
including She OF those who still drink admit II AT tho
with comparatively few exceptions those generally who con-
stue tho moral classes the natives never seen
inside Of saloons native ameers must DO hunted 10
he found II probable that there had been immsfa
saloon ond have since closed s doors and ntemef
would become sporadic instead of general When
both be equally intelligent. the natives and foreign born
Of a country differ the effect OF common ems
know bcstl VIII any intelligent dispute this proposi
toni
suppose for moment that 100000 Americans 10 Ger
united with inc selfish aud vicious and untukng
eements al enough tand usei ~ &c pcrpetnate
loprous and business which the natives knew was
nuttuies against which the better elements
were united would you IKE them better io W Would you
not. contrary, indulge in talk emphatic that
which from American lips has filed with spch anger
Cepcs of tho paper be had at the Offices OF tn
Anti-saloon Committed No. IS Nassau-st.